Improvement in urinals for invalids



R. VH. oLMsTEAD. URINALS FoR-ALNVALIDS.'

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICR RICHARD n. CLMsTRAD, CF NAPA CITY, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN uRlNALs FoR INI/Amos.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,244, datedMay 1,*1877; application filed October 21, 1 876.

To all whom it may concern. f

Be it known that I, RICHARD HaOLMsTEAD, of Napa City, California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Urinals, of which the. following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in- Which- Figurel is a4 perspective view of a urinal with my improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a section of the same.

My invention relates more especially to urinals to be used by females who are invalids and confined to their beds; and it consists in.

Constructing the urinals with an inwardly-inclined flange to prevent leakage, as Vhereinafter described and claimed.

To enable others skilled inthe art scribe the exact manner in which I .have carried it out.`

The difficulty experienced in using urinals in cases of sick females confined to their beds is well known to the profession, 'a difficulty' which does not exist in the use of urinals as a matter of simple convenienceby persons traveling. But urinals adapted to be used by the traveling publie are liable to leak when used by invalid lfemales in bed, and theobject of lmy present invention is to overcome this difp iculty.

to make v.and use my invention, I will proceed to de- In the drawings, A represents` a hard-rubber or rigid elongated urinal constructed with the inwardly-inclined ang'e B. This ange extends inwardly about half an inch, more or less. and serves to conduct the urine from the ,person toward the discharge-opening C. This has been fully tested, and an invalid lying in bed in any position can use a urinal thus constructed with comfort and with entire safety. The inner edge a of the a'nge is made clean and smooth to fit closely against the person.

I am aware that urinals have been made With Haring mouths having outwardly-inclined flanges, and also with cords or rolls around RICHARD H. OLMSTEAD.

Witnesses:

GRC. H. EVANS, WILLIS HRRNDON MoxoN. 

